Policy experts at the AFL-CIO prepare reports and issue briefs on such topics important to working families as trade, manufacturing, health care and safety on the job.

Economic Fundamentals for Working Families

• A Summary of Economic Markers—Mid-Year 2002

Wages

• Minimum Wage Booklet
• Living Wage Laws: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (October 2000)

Jobs

• Nation's Economic Woes a Big Worry for Working Families (Summer 2002)
• Stubborn Unemployment, No New Jobs: No Wonder Working Families Are Worried (October 2002)

Retirement

• Corporate Scandals, Stock Market Plunge Rattle Retirement Security for Millions (October 2002)

Federal and State Budget

• Flawed Economic Policies Strangle State Budgets, Threaten Basic Programs and Saddle Future Generations with Crippling Debt (October 2002)

Manufacturing

• America's Heartland Reeling From Broken Economic Policies (October 2002)

Health and Safety

• Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect
• Ergonomics, A Year of Broken Promises
• Ergonomics Campaign Donors

Unions

• The Union Difference

Health Care

• Crisis in Health Care Coverage and Cost Threatens Health and Economic Well-Being of Working Families (October 2002)
• How Much Would Drugs Cost You Under the 2002 GOP House Plan? State-by-State Data

Trade

• 'Free' Trade Too Costly For Workers at Home and Abroad (October 2002)
• AFL-CIO Fast Track 2002—Common Questions About ILO Core Labor Standards and Trade
• The World Bank and Workers' Rights
• The Global Rule Makers: The World Bank and International Monetary Fund
• NAFTA's Seven-Year Itch—Promised Benefits Not Delivered to Workers
• New Trade Adjustment Assistance Program—AFL-CIO Analysis of Key Provisions

Corporate Scandal

• WorldCom 401(k) Losses for Workers